Quieted His Spirit (Zechariah 6)

Zechariah 6:1-9

(1) And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains [were] mountains of brass.

(2) In the first chariot [were] red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;

(3) And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.

(4) Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What [are] these, my lord?

(5) And the angel answered and said unto me, These [are] the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.

(6) The black horses which [are] therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.

(7) And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.

(8) Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

I believe that this goes along with the passage in Revelation 6 that speaks of the "4 horesmen" of the apocalypse in the opening Now prophecy teachers have different understandings of what these horses actually stand for, but undoubtley as Zechariah has stated they are "four spirits". I tend to agree with the understanding that these 4 spirits are:

White - Catholicism

Black - Capitalism

Red - Socialism

Pale - Islam

Even if this is not the correct assignment of these spirits, there is no doubt that the Lord's Spirit has been quieted. There have been times that I have fought the spirit of slumber, I believe it is so prevelant around us that in order for us to keep our torches list, it requires much attention to make sure our lamps are full of oil. (Matthew 25) no matter what those spirits are, they will resist the Spirit of God. There is no doubt as I look at where our country once stood, it is obvious that we have lost ground as a nation that seeks God, and looking at the predominate Charismatic (Carelessmatic) and Non Demoninational (no Stand) Compromising Churches that are pulling in the masses, even those who think they are moving in the right direction are actually being fed lies and a false gospel, while they continue to partake of everything the sinner does. No seperation.

2 Corinthians 6:17-18

(17) Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,

(18) And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

2 Corinthians 7:1

(1) Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

I am inspired this morning not to allow the spirits of the endtime to quiet the Lord's Spirit in my life, and I hope to inspire others to do the same. As it was in the time of the Apostles, they could not be silenced, as they stated "We should obey God rather than man", and they rejoiced when they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. I want to walk full of that passion, my life is not my own, I am bought with a price. My breath is for the Lord, my strength is for His Work, my life has been surrendered and I won't take it back. When Your Spirit speaks to me, with my whole heart I'll agree, and my answer will be YES, Lord, YES.

In Jesus Name.

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

What is conservativism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Job Chapter 41 - the king of the children of pride

Job 41:34
(34) He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

This verse explains our culture and the effect of people not seeking nor having a walk with God. I have heard it ministered many times that you cannot be in "neutral" for very long on your Christian walk, as my Pastor would say "On a bicycle you can only coast for so long until it you lose momentum and flop over". This is truly what has happened to our nation, and so much more over the last few years. When we learn to coast, we begin to be led by pride instead of by the Spirit of God, and that causes us to struggle and have NO peace. The devil, being the accuser of the brethren makes sure to point this out and that is when when feel condemnation, desperation, and unrest in our souls. This is what Hebrews 4 speaks about when it says "let us therefore LABOR to enter into the REST." The children of Israel found themselves with this problem, and that is why they murmured and complained against God. The following admonition comes from the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians:

1 Corinthians 10:1-13
(1) Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
(2) And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

They were baptized in the water and the Spirit (John 3:5) - Just like the Church is (Acts 2:38).

(3) And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
(4) And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
(5) But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

God was not well pleased, because they had UNBELIEF in their heart (which the Bible calls an EVIL HEART) God swore that they would NOT enter into His Rest because of their unbelief. (Hebrews 4).

(6) Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
(7) Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
(8) Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
(9) Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
(10) Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

In other words because they didn't believe the promises of God, they "COASTED" and ended up despising the Word of the LORD and LUSTED (desired) evil things. The devil is a mastermind at setting the children of God up for these types of traps, and when he trips up and child of God, he makes sure to encourage them to have pride in themselves so that they won't repent of the evil heart and enslave them as his subjects. This is what happens to a backslider, they get trapped by the devil, and then because they had unbelief and began to "lust after evil things" the devil condemns them, and then he thrusts a dagger in their spiritual heart to cause them to not have the conviction of their wrong, rise up in their pride and refuse to repent in the presence of God for mercy.


(11) Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

(12) Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

(13) There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

This has got a hold of me right now, I want to be pure in the sight of God, I want to truly please Him. I want every soul that I have the responsibility of working with to have the same spirit, we may be fighting against this spirit all around us, but we will labor to enter into His rest. When you humble yourself to God, you will feel rest, you can tell God that you are sorry and make up your mind that you will no longer walk on the wrong path. You can tell God that you need Him each and every day of the rest of your life and that you cannot make it without Him. The truth is that this is already the case, but when we make this CONFESSION, we are humbling our PRIDE, which is the root cause of all sin.

James 4:4-10
(4) Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
(5) Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
(6) But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
(7) Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
(8) Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
(9) Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
(10) Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

This is what I have been praying about, I want to be pure in the sight of God, I don't want to have an evil heart of unbelief, I want to feel the rest of God all around me, in my house, with my family, in my workplace, in our Church, and when I put my head on the pillow every night. Last night I was so burdened that I cried tears into my pillow and I felt like King David before God, Lord create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, take not thine Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me, the JOY of thy Salvation, and renew the right Spirit within me. This is what makes the walk for God what it is, not simply having knowledge of the scriptures, the bottom line is to please our Creator, our Redeemer, whose name is from everlasting. I want to walk with Him, I want to be His people.


2 Corinthians 4:1-6
(1) Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
(2) But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
(3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

(4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.


The "god of this world" is the king in Job 41... the king of the children of pride. Lord help us not have the spirit of this world, let us not be like Cain, who refused to have the right attitude and seek what pleases you, let us not be like the children of Israel who had an evil heart of unbelief, help us to seek your face and help us to be pleased with your ways, and help us to have a humble heart that desires to please you. That is what our walk is all about.

In Jesus Name.

The Sons of Sceva

I was studying the book of Acts last week, and we had a wonderful Bible Study with one of our new converts (Sis Alvirda). Almost 20 people came to the Bible Study and we talked about (Mattew 16:19-23) the Apostles having the keys to the kingdom and Jesus telling them whatever they bound in earth shall be bound in heaven. It really renewed my passion for the Apostolic Faith, and my conversion from Catholicism heavily hinged on the understanding of this scripture. I have always and still strongly hold to the conviction of the One Holy Catholic (Universal) and Apostolic Church - and I feel that Protestantism is as wrong as Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox are. The fact is all of these "man-made" traditional teachings are founded on the doctrine of the trinity. In the scripture we discussed (Matthew 16) it was Peter's revelation of who Jesus truly was that allowed Peter to have the "keys" to the kingdom. Without the revelation of Jesus Christ, there is no salvation no matter what church you claim to be a part of. This revelation comes from God, Jesus told Peter "FLESH AND BLOOD HATH NOT REVEALED THIS UNTO YOU, BUT MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN." I believe that it is imperative that people receive the correct and Biblical revelation of Jesus Christ as taught by the Apostles, which is the uncompromisable stand on the Monotheism of the Godhead (Deut 6:4, Mark 12:29) and the understanding that Jesus is JEHOVAH manifested in flesh.

Colossians 2:9 "... in Him dwelleth ALL of the FULNESS of the Godhead BODILY"

1 Timothy 3:16 "... God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, and received up into glory"

2 Corinithians 5:19 "... God was IN Christ, reconciling the world unto HIMSELF"

To believe the trinitarian Godhead, you cannot agree with 2 Cor 5:19, because no doubt it wasn't the second person of a triune God that came into the flesh, because the ONE that came into flesh was RECONCILING the world BACK TO HIMSELF. That means God BECAME flesh and died at Calvary to reconcile the world that turned away from Him BACK TO HIMSELF.

Now, as I was looking into this, I got a revelation later that evening after the Bible Study was over. I was preparing for a sermon to preach the next evening and found the following verse that completely coorelated to the Apostolic teaching and the result of someone NOT having the true Revelation of Jesus Christ whom the Bible calls the "sons of Sceva".

Acts 19:13-16
(13) Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
(14) And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
(15) And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
(16) And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

I looked up the Greek definition of Sceva and this is what I found:

Σκευᾶς
Skeuas
skyoo-as'
Apparently of Latin origin; left handed; Scevas (that is, Scaevus), an Israelite: - Sceva.

Now if you are still reading this, I am going to put all of this together and hopefully you can enjoy the revelation of the Word of God as much as I am (a week later I am still eating on it).

In Mark 12, Our LORD told the gatherers that the greatest commandment is "HEAR O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE" (Deut 6:4) and then after His statement He asks the crowd a question.

Mark 12:35-37
(35) And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
(36) For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
(37) David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

This is where the "left handed Israelite" fits in. The fact that Jesus gave Peter the keys to the Kingdom and gave Him authority to bind things on earth and heaven, means Peter (and the Apostles) had great power to preach the Gospel and UNLOCK the Kingdom of God for man. Without the proper understanding of the Godhead, much like the Sons of Sceva saying the "Jesus that Paul preaches", our world is packed full of false prophets that have no Power or Authority to preach the things that they do. God is not pleased with "prosperity" preaching, "charismatic (carelessmatic) movements", or any group that doesn't Baptize their converts in the name of Jesus Christ. The reason the Apostles did this (Acts 2:38, 8:12-16, 10:44-48, 19:1-6, 22:16) is because they understood who Jesus was and they preached this Gospel without compromising. The real thrust of the Apostolic ministry is to "Seek and to Save that which is Lost". I stand strongly today that many preachers in our world are "left-handed" Israelites, they have no power against the world, no power against evil spirits and their congregations are like the "chosen-frozen" no power of deliverance, no seperation from ungodliness, and full of fables, traditions, and false teachings. This is why our country has become weak, the false churches have not stood for God, and people have been fed a lie, they do not understand who Jesus is and they are as corrupt as the sinners and the world around them. That is why our pop culture is so rebellious, that is why our youth are without hope, their religious examples were like the sons of Sceva and have failed their generation. Our only hope is to take the burden and responsibility of carrying the torch of Truth to our troubled time and be an example of what a true Apostolic Christian should be. If we can get a hold of the keys that Peter had, God will empower us with His Spirit to be what we must be. The keys are John 3:5, obeyed in Acts 2:38, repentance of sins, baptism in Jesus Name, and being filled with God's Holy Spirit. When this happens to a person, no matter how wretched or sinful, God empowers that indiviual to become His witnesses (Acts 1:8) and that is not Jehovah Witness - they don't have the keys either. The real witness is a Jesus name Apostolic that knows who their God is and worships Jesus Christ as both LORD and SAVIOR. The answer to the question that Jesus asked, is that Jesus is BOTH the LORD of David and David's Son. (Acts 2:36) and when you get this Revelation, you will understand why you must be baptized in Jesus name for the remission of your sins. You will know the power of the Holy Ghost that will transform you from the inside out. God give us revival in our day, pour out your Spirit upon all flesh. In Jesus Name!